There are plenty of fantasies that are easy to catagorize: high fantasy with its grand quest, the action-adventures of sword and sorcery or urban fantasy with its mix of modern and magic. There are, however, those stories that are hard to classify and this is what Jeffrey Ford specializes in, tales that are fantasy even if not one supernatural event occurs. Golden Gryphon has gathered fourteen of Ford's marvelous stories in The Empire of Ice Cream, and this collections gives readers quite a treat.

(Source: Golden Gryphon Press)